Made from wood vs made of wood
A text reads: 'Egyptian pharaohs had furniture made from Phoenician wood... .'
My question is that we use 'made of' for things that don't change radically, and 'made of wood' is commonet. So, why is it used likewise?
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For me, it's just the image you get in your brain that's different. If something is made of wood, you just get a picture of the thing in your head, and you realize that wood is the main component that makes it up. This is a picture of a motionless thing.
- For me, it's just the image you get in your brain that's different.
- If something is made of wood, you just get a picture of the thing in your head, and you realize that wood is the main component that makes it up.
- This is a picture of a motionless thing.
- If something is made from wood, you get a picture of someone taking pieces of wood and working with them, carefully shaping them into the form you see before you.
- This is a picture of all the movements of a creative process.
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For me, it's just the image you get in your brain that's different.
If something is made of wood, you just get a picture of the thing in your head, and you realize that wood is the main component that makes it up. This is a picture of a motionless thing.
If something is made from wood, you get a picture of someone taking pieces of wood and working with them, carefully shaping them
0"Egyptian pharaohs had furniture made from Phoenician wood... "
This means that the pharaohs specified that wood, and that's what the artisans used.
"Egyptian pharaohs had furniture made of Phoenician wood..."
The pharaohs possessed such wooden furniture.
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